Benth. Jud. Ev
Categories: Procedure
Definition (1910 Edition)
3; Burrill, Cire. Ev. 3, 119. —Ultimate fact. The final or resulting fact reached be processes of logical reasoning from the detached or successive facts in evidence and which is fundamental and determinative of the whole case. Levins v. Rovegno, 71 Cal. 273, 12 Pac. 161; Kahn v. Central Smelting Co., 2 Utah, 371; Caywood v. Farrell, 175 Ill. 480, 51 N. E. 775.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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